 First edition, with a drawing of a strip of film emerging from Tolkien's pipe | |
| Editor | Janet Brennan Croft |
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| Author | see text |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Tolkien studies |
| Genre | Scholarly essays |
| Publisher | Mythopoeic Press |
Publication date | 2004 |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 323 |
| ISBN | 978-1-887726-09-2 |
Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings is a 2004 collection of essays edited by Janet Brennan Croft on Peter Jackson's interpretation of The Lord of the Rings in his 2001–2003 film trilogy based on J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy book.
The collection was seen as quite negative by scholars. The film scholar Kristin Thompson felt that the book's denigration of Jackson was disappointing, and that too many of the essays were catalogues of differences between film and book, complete with adverse commentary. In her view, these made the error of assuming that Jackson was trying to be as faithful as possible to the book, and failing; whereas he was instead aiming to please a modern audience, with intentional changes. Other scholars gave mixed responses, while noting that the collection represents the many Tolkien scholars and fans who do not feel that the films succeeded in representing Tolkien's book.